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App of the day: My Backup

The issue of data loss prevention on smartphone devices can not be over-stressed. It is very important to develop the habit of regularly backing up your smart phone data to prevent against losing them.  I personally had an experience where I mistakenly factory-reset my phone, but I felt cool because I had a full backup of my smart phone, had a restoration done in a matter of minutes! Can you say this about your smart phone? If not, then today's app is just for you! My Backup MyBackup is the easiest backup for Android. Supporting the most content, and the most Android devices. Backup (with schedule option) to our online secure servers, or SD card, your Applications, Photos, Music, Videos, Contacts, Call log, Browser Bookmarks, SMS (text messages), MMS (message attachments), Calendar, System Settings, Home Screens (including shortcut positions), Alarms, Dictionary, Music Playlists, APNs, and more… IN BETA: Trigger a backup to begin on your phone (Android 2.2+ only) fro...

Nokia X, X+ VS HTC, Gionee,Tecno: Watch As These Phones Go H2H (PART 3)

How The New Nokia Phones Fare Against Rival Products(round 3) We saw how the New Nokia X Android phone almost flawlessly defeated the HTC Desire 200 in our previous post. So, if you were looking to purchase the latter (HTC), you should be sure the former is a better and a cheaper alternative (Nokia). The battle of specifications today is against the Gionee P3, yes Gionee. The Gionee brand has the right blend of High-end and Low-end devices and they produce very market-competitive phones. VS Gionee P3

My Phone Boots Slowly: Reducing Startup Applications on your Smartphone

Are you one of the many low-end smartphone users experiencing sluggish startup on phone? Having a phone that takes too long to boot up is no doubt a frustrating experience, and can sometimes make a user think their phone has developed some sort of problem. The classic culprit for any device booting up slowly is the too many processes and services that the operating system loads upon startup, as has been established with PC. There are however other variables that affect the startup duration of your phone; these may include

Live TV streaming: Best 2014 mobile TV applications

All your Favorite TV stations in your Hand and on the Go! We all know how busy humans have gotten over the years and have very little time to see our favorite TV programs. Either we are staying late at work, stuck in traffic or have some after-work activity that just deprives us of that little TV-time we should be getting, the truth is we still need to keep up with happenings around us. With the convenience having a smartphone affords, carrying our TV with us has been made possible. With virtually all our favorite channels readily available, be it Sports, Music, News, Celebrity gist, Movies...

Google Vs Apple Part One: Who Has The Better Design Interface

A week after Apple's  not-so-successful release  of its new iPhone operating system, today we get an in-depth look at the strict guidelines that dictate Google's design team, showing exactly why the Google app icons all have a similar look and Apple's most certainly do not. Google, per a Visual Assets Guidelines document dug up by  Fast Company 's Kyle Vanhemert , has very specific examples that only allow for outlined shapes as icons, rather than nasty photos, or both combined: Apple, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have a rule like that. The

Recovering Deleted files on your Phone Without Computer

Easy and quick way to Recover a deleted file on Android Ever mistakenly deleted your favorite music, an important document, or an image while navigating though your phone. Never worry about loosing your important files as a result of people meddling with your phone, because the handy tool for file recovery is here (has been here for a while). File recovery tool is an important tool that every smart phone user should have at hand. I will be reviewing in this post probably the only application that does what it says- recovers your deleted files without hassles. The following should get you started in your quest to recover any file you deleted from your sdCard (GOOD LUCK). STEPS 1. ROOT: You much have root permission to be able to carry out any file recovery of sorts.